How to Change STIX Integration Time - Revision history

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== Introduction ==
STIX uses dynamic time binning onboard to ensure that all onboard storage and telemetry is not wasted by having time bins that only have background counts. This scheme relies on 3 parameters:
* Minimum integration time
* Maximum integration time
* Maximum counts per bin.
As STIX accumulated counts, the end of the time bin is determined IF:
* The minimum integration time is exceeded
AND
* Maximum integration time OR maximum counts is reached.

Therefore to customise this scheme, we need to alter these parameters in the ASW (onboard application software).

== Procedure ==
Once Starlet has been open and an IOR or PDOR has been set up, do the following:
* Change STIX into Configuration mode. Be sure to truncate the calibration run if switching from Nominal mode.
* Click "Add Sequence" and select command sequence AIXF414A Load ASW Parameter v02. This enables you to change an application software parameter. In the pop-up window that appears set the following parameters:
** Parameter ID = 312 (minimum integration time) or 313 (maximum integration time) or 314 (maximum counts)
** Parameter subID = 0. This means you are changing the value of the parameters rather the min and max allowed values which have different subprocess numbers.
** Integration times are given in units of 0.1s - 1. For example, 1s == 9 (1s / 0.1s - 1)

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−	~~== Introduction ==~~	+	See [[How to Change STIX Dynamic Time Binning]]
−	~~STIX uses dynamic time binning onboard to ensure that all onboard storage and telemetry is not wasted by having time bins that only have background counts. This scheme relies on 3 parameters:~~
−	* Minimum integration time
−	* Maximum integration time
−	* Maximum counts per bin.
−	~~As STIX accumulated counts, the end of the time bin is determined IF:~~
−	* The minimum integration time is exceeded
−	~~AND~~
−	* Maximum integration time OR maximum counts is reached.
−
−	~~Therefore to customise this scheme, we need~~ to ~~alter these parameters in the ASW (onboard application software).~~
−
−	~~== Procedure ==~~
−	~~Once Starlet has been open and an IOR or PDOR has been set up, do the following:~~
−	* Change STIX ~~into Configuration mode. Be sure to truncate the calibration run if switching from Nominal mode.~~
−	* Click "Add Sequence" and select command sequence AIXF414A Load ASW Parameter v02. This enables you to change an application software parameter. In the pop-up window that appears set the following parameters:
−	** Parameter ID = 312 (minimum integration time) or 313 (maximum integration time) or 314 (maximum counts)
−	** Parameter subID = 0. This means you are changing the value of the parameters rather the min and max allowed values which have different subprocess numbers.
−	** Integration times are given in units of 0.1s - 1. For example, 1s == 9 (1s / 0.1s - 1)